Comments on: A futurist’s view of the “next big thing” in social media http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/ Marketing. Social Media. Humanity. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tweets that mention A futurist’s view of the “next big thing” in social media »» Personalities of the social web, futurist »» Schaefer Marketing Solutions: We Help Businesses {grow} -- Topsy.com http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-6820 Tweets that mention A futurist’s view of the “next big thing” in social media »» Personalities of the social web, futurist »» Schaefer Marketing Solutions: We Help Businesses {grow} -- Topsy.com Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:24:47 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-6820 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Sam Flynn, Julia Canham. Julia Canham said: A futurist view of where social media is heading http://bit.ly/9M7EEJ [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Sam Flynn, Julia Canham. Julia Canham said: A futurist view of where social media is heading http://bit.ly/9M7EEJ [...]

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]]> By: Venessa Miemis http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-3759 Venessa Miemis Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:34:13 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-3759 It's going to be addressed with Junto. http://emergentbydesign.com/2010/04/17/junto-is-born/ Global interest is growing in cocreating this dialogue platform. Nothing like it exists. It would be a total gamechanger. We could model the behavior and SHOW why social media is important, not tell. I just presented this at a business conference yesterday (Social Business Edge) with Stowe Boyd here in NYC. A bunch of people approached me afterwards, loving the idea and offering resources. It's happening! - v It’s going to be addressed with Junto.

http://emergentbydesign.com/2010/04/17/junto-is-born/

Global interest is growing in cocreating this dialogue platform. Nothing like it exists. It would be a total gamechanger. We could model the behavior and SHOW why social media is important, not tell.

I just presented this at a business conference yesterday (Social Business Edge) with Stowe Boyd here in NYC. A bunch of people approached me afterwards, loving the idea and offering resources.

It’s happening!

- v

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]]> By: Mark http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-3758 Mark Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:31:10 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-3758 Michelle + V -- I hear the same complaint from my daughter who is a junior majoring inr journalism and business. She says everyone is preaching how important SM is but they are not teaching why or how. A real challenge to the traditional curriculum -- no textbook is even possible, and the best practices are changing day by day. Will be interesting to see how this is addressed. Thanks for the link, Venessa. Michelle + V — I hear the same complaint from my daughter who is a junior majoring inr journalism and business. She says everyone is preaching how important SM is but they are not teaching why or how. A real challenge to the traditional curriculum — no textbook is even possible, and the best practices are changing day by day. Will be interesting to see how this is addressed.

Thanks for the link, Venessa.

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]]> By: Venessa Miemis http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-3755 Venessa Miemis Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:52:32 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-3755 hey michelle, actually, there are a bunch of programs springing up that do specifically deal with it and teach how to teach it. the one that immediately comes to mind is New Media Literacies (http://newmedialiteracies.org/). check it out, there's a ton of great info, learning library, webinars, and they have a ning community too. - venessa hey michelle,

actually, there are a bunch of programs springing up that do specifically deal with it and teach how to teach it.

the one that immediately comes to mind is New Media Literacies (http://newmedialiteracies.org/). check it out, there’s a ton of great info, learning library, webinars, and they have a ning community too.

- venessa

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]]> By: Michelle C http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-3747 Michelle C Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:38:39 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-3747 oops, sorry about the glitch above, Mark, I just got really excited by this article :D - GREAT interview!!! Venessa, I've often wondered about the speed at which students are rapidly adopting new technologies or not and wonder if they will embrace it or entirely reject it and the implications that could have. There still doesn't seem to be any formal coursework that specifically deals with the Internet and social networking. oops, sorry about the glitch above, Mark, I just got really excited by this article :D – GREAT interview!!!
Venessa, I’ve often wondered about the speed at which students are rapidly adopting new technologies or not and wonder if they will embrace it or entirely reject it and the implications that could have. There still doesn’t seem to be any formal coursework that specifically deals with the Internet and social networking.

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]]> By: Synthesio http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-3740 Synthesio Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:27:32 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-3740 Wow, wh Wow, wh

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]]> By: How to Be A Woman in a Man’s World « emergent by design http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-1907 How to Be A Woman in a Man’s World « emergent by design Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:43:00 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-1907 [...] peer-reviewed journal (one of my articles is actually on their homepage now), for unstructure, and {grow}, among others. My blog has attracted over 30,000 visits in 2 months, and sparked interesting [...] [...] peer-reviewed journal (one of my articles is actually on their homepage now), for unstructure, and {grow}, among others. My blog has attracted over 30,000 visits in 2 months, and sparked interesting [...]

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]]> By: Frank Spencer http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-1561 Frank Spencer Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:49:50 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-1561 Hi Mark, Thanks so much for the interview with Venessa, and thanks also for the mention of my foresight/futures consulting firm KedgeForward. Hope that 2010 is a prosperous year for the Grow community! Hi Mark,

Thanks so much for the interview with Venessa, and thanks also for the mention of my foresight/futures consulting firm KedgeForward. Hope that 2010 is a prosperous year for the Grow community!

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]]> By: A futurist’s view of the “next big thing” in social media « emergent by design http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-1528 A futurist’s view of the “next big thing” in social media « emergent by design Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:22:20 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-1528 [...] A futurist’s view of the “next big thing” in social media 2009 December 17 tags: education, futures studies, social web, Trends by Venessa Miemis this interview originally appeared on {grow} [...] [...] A futurist’s view of the “next big thing” in social media 2009 December 17 tags: education, futures studies, social web, Trends by Venessa Miemis this interview originally appeared on {grow} [...]

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]]> By: Venessa Miemis http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/13/a-futurists-view-of-the-next-big-thing-in-social-media/#comment-1503 Venessa Miemis Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:19:44 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=1401#comment-1503 @Steve - Thank you, and I couldn't agree more. I'd love to see a clean slate for 2010 where we see it for what it is. I saw someone say 'It's not a decision making tool, it's a performance indicator. I liked that. Here's a nice mindmap of the type of 'social media metrics' a company should be thinking about (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JhZj2U4y3wQ/SQGu5DzfamI/AAAAAAAAAb4/-2ML9ki_0do/s1600-h/SMM.png). @Jim - No, I don't think fear is the word I would use. I'd say more a combination of curiosity, with a healthy dose of concern. I've been working on this concept over on my site that I'm calling 'metathinking', which will essentially become a set of frameworks and methods to help us adapt to change. I'm pulling together info from a variety of fields, and hoping that if I can lay it out clearly, it will really provide some insights into what's going on around us. The main outcome I'd like to achieve is to facilitate "process thinking." Meaning, we're stuck in this very linear way of thinking, where we believe things will continue to unfold in relatively the same way they always have. This is where your fear comes in, because things are not happening that way at all. BUT, I'm suggesting that if we adopt an entirely new way of looking at things, as seeing things in a more holistic, non-linear fashion, change will not be scary. And if we're able to understand the fundamental drivers of these changes (like increasing complexity, and exponential technological growth), all these new developments won't seem so sudden. I don't know if that sounds abstract - it's a big concept, to suggest to someone to forget a lot of what they thought they knew about the way the world works, and then recreate their worldview altogether. It's a paradigm shift. But I think the sooner we can embrace it, the better off we'll be. Oh, and the other key thing to remember is that there is no future. We're living the future, every day. Isn't that empowering? It should be, because the decisions we make today, individually and within organizations, are what is shaping the future. I think we're going to have to be in this constant process of fail - adjust - adapt - fail - adapt - innovate - fail - adapt, etc. It's not what we're used to, but it's what is. That's where my concern comes in... if we don't realize we're the ones influencing what happens next, someone else will take the lead and make those decisions for us. And that could be scary. @Steve – Thank you, and I couldn’t agree more. I’d love to see a clean slate for 2010 where we see it for what it is. I saw someone say ‘It’s not a decision making tool, it’s a performance indicator. I liked that. Here’s a nice mindmap of the type of ‘social media metrics’ a company should be thinking about (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JhZj2U4y3wQ/SQGu5DzfamI/AAAAAAAAAb4/-2ML9ki_0do/s1600-h/SMM.png).

@Jim – No, I don’t think fear is the word I would use. I’d say more a combination of curiosity, with a healthy dose of concern.

I’ve been working on this concept over on my site that I’m calling ‘metathinking’, which will essentially become a set of frameworks and methods to help us adapt to change.

I’m pulling together info from a variety of fields, and hoping that if I can lay it out clearly, it will really provide some insights into what’s going on around us.

The main outcome I’d like to achieve is to facilitate “process thinking.” Meaning, we’re stuck in this very linear way of thinking, where we believe things will continue to unfold in relatively the same way they always have. This is where your fear comes in, because things are not happening that way at all. BUT, I’m suggesting that if we adopt an entirely new way of looking at things, as seeing things in a more holistic, non-linear fashion, change will not be scary. And if we’re able to understand the fundamental drivers of these changes (like increasing complexity, and exponential technological growth), all these new developments won’t seem so sudden.

I don’t know if that sounds abstract – it’s a big concept, to suggest to someone to forget a lot of what they thought they knew about the way the world works, and then recreate their worldview altogether. It’s a paradigm shift. But I think the sooner we can embrace it, the better off we’ll be.

Oh, and the other key thing to remember is that there is no future. We’re living the future, every day. Isn’t that empowering? It should be, because the decisions we make today, individually and within organizations, are what is shaping the future.

I think we’re going to have to be in this constant process of fail – adjust – adapt – fail – adapt – innovate – fail – adapt, etc.

It’s not what we’re used to, but it’s what is. That’s where my concern comes in… if we don’t realize we’re the ones influencing what happens next, someone else will take the lead and make those decisions for us. And that could be scary.

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